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#489EDA

#489eda ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#489eda is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 61.96% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.97% cyan, 27.52% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 204.66°, with 66.36% saturation and 56.86% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 1.64.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3089

Complementary

  1. #489eda
  2. #da8448

Split complementary

  1. #489eda
  2. #da4855
  3. #dacd48

Analogous

  1. #48dacd
  2. #489eda
  3. #4855da

Triadic

  1. #489eda
  2. #da489e
  3. #9eda48

Tetradic

  1. #489eda
  2. #8448da
  3. #da8448
  4. #9eda48

Square

  1. #489eda
  2. #cd48da
  3. #da8448
  4. #55da48

Monochromatic

  1. #174d72
  2. #2477b2
  3. #489eda
  4. #88c0e7
  5. #c7e1f4

Shades

#489eda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #489eda
  2. #418ec4
  3. #3a7eae
  4. #326f99
  5. #2b5f83
  6. #244f6d
  7. #1d3f57
  8. #162f41
  9. #0e202c
  10. #071016
  11. #000000

Tints

#489eda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #489eda
  2. #5aa8de
  3. #6db1e1
  4. #7fbbe5
  5. #91c5e9
  6. #a4cfed
  7. #b6d8f0
  8. #c8e2f4
  9. #daecf8
  10. #edf5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#489eda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #489eda
  2. #4e9bd1
  3. #5398c8
  4. #5995bf
  5. #5e92b6
  6. #648fad
  7. #6a8ca4
  8. #6f899b
  9. #758692
  10. #7a8389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7f9ab6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #839fdd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f91d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00adb3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #709edc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6296d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a7c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-489eda {
  color: #489eda;
}
Background
.bg-489eda {
  background-color: #489eda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-489eda {
  border: 2px solid #489eda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #489eda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 158 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 66% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-489eda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #489eda, #4855da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-489eda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 158 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 1.64 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.95 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.59 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.78 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.29 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.14 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.91 #b76125 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#489eda  rgb(72, 158, 218)  hsl(205, 66%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#da8448  rgb(218, 132, 72)  hsl(25, 66%, 57%)  Raw Sienna
#da489e  rgb(218, 72, 158)  hsl(325, 66%, 57%)  Mulberry
#9eda48  rgb(158, 218, 72)  hsl(85, 66%, 57%)  Yellow Green